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Anomie

Section: Stuff I Looked Up
Type: Explanation
Date: June 25, 2024
Words: 82

“ It comes from the ancient Greek word ‘nomos,’ which means ‘custom’ or ‘law.’ The prefix ‘a-’ means this is the opposite of that. ”

The Noble Savage

Section: Stuff I Looked Up
Type: Explanation
Date: November 22, 2021
Words: 365

“This is a theory that humans are inherently peaceful and are corrupted by modern society and economic systems. It’s mainly attributed to the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who wrote in his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality : …nothing is so gentle as man in his primitive state, when…”